Spoke-socket.



L. A. BRADFURD. -sPoKB SOCKET.

APPLICATION I'ILBD- MAR. 14, 1912.

Y Patented Aug. 20,? 1912.

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-' LAWRNCE'ALLENBRADFORD, 0F FLEMINGSBURG, :KE1\T'I'UCKY.v

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Y speciaaton of Letters Patent. 'Patented Aug. 20, 1912. Applicafian filed March 14, 1912.

serial No. 683,793.

Toall wlzomvz't may concern.'

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE ALLEN BRADFORD, a citizen of the 'UnitedwStatea residing at Flemingsburg, in the county of Fleming and State of Kentucky, have in-vvented certain new and useful Improvements .in SpokeiSockets,

vof which thel following is a specification reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

"This inventionrelates to new and' useful 'improvements inepoke ,sockets and has for I' its 'object to `provide a socket wherebybroken spokes can be readily removed and re# placed without taking the entire wheel apart..

t l Another object of the invention-is to provide a ldevice of'this character which will f and durability, will be'inexpensive of manu- .in construction possess .advantages in points of efficiency facture 'and 'at the same time will be simple and operation.

. With the above and other objectsin view the invention consistsn the no vel features of construction and the combmatlon and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, pointed out'in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings in which,

. vided with the openings 10 Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the application ofmy improved spoke socket; Fig. 2 is a. sectional view on the line 2-2 of "-Fig; 1; and Fig. 3 is -a sectional view on'the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

' f .Referring more particularly tothe draw- '3,5

ings, 1 indlcates the rim Vof the wheel having my improved spokesocket secured thereand the other prises a semi-circular socket section 2 havmg an angular plate 3 formed integral therewith and rigidly secured to the rim by means of the rivets or bolt 4.

tion 5 having the angular plate 6 formed integral therewith and extending at right angles therefrom.- A U-shaped member 7 is secured to the rim 1 and has bearing lopenings 8 formed in its ends. Laterally eX- tending-ears9 are formed integral- Awith the plate 6 at the inner end thereof and yproadapted to re'- ceive the pivot bolt 11 which is mounted in the adjustingscrew"13, s aid screw'having its -end bearing 'against-'fthe '-rimvjof the wheel,

yspoke securely in place.:

taken out so that the two sections,`

diate of its ends, said supporting means be- The section which is movably secured to the rim comprises a seml-circularsocket sec- 'socket section the openings .8 in the` .ends of theU-shaped .n ber.

, ri, threaded'lopening 12fisiformed the outerl 'end fth'e' plate 6 adapted to receive whereby ,the manipulation of the screw will force vthe socket section 5 linto .clamping en-v gagement vth thespoke 14s tg vhold the To remove a broken spokethe adjusting screw is released' and socket section `5 ,can be removed to entirely release the end of the spoke, a new spoke is .put in and the socket section secured back 1n place.

From the above description taken in connection with the drawings it will be seen that I have-provided a simple, durable and eiiicient spoke socket whereby broken spokes can be `readily removed and replaced without taking the entire wheel apart.

While I have shown and ,described the lpreferred form of .my invention it will be obvious that variouschanges in the details of construction and in theproportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying my invention into practice without sacrificing any of the novel'.featuresor departing from the scope-thereof as dened by the appended claims.. y

1. A spoke socket comprising a socket sectio'h designed vfor rigid connectionto the rimof a wheel, a relatively movable socket section .formed with an langularly disposed plate, supportingmeans to which said angula-r plate is pivotally connected intermeing also assigned forattachment tov a wheel rim, and an adjusting screw/carried by the outer end of said Aplate and -\adapted to engagethe rim of a wheel to force the movable section toward the first named section, for the purpose specified.

2. A spoke socket comprising a relatively rigid socket section designed for attachment to the rim of a wheel, a relatively movablev provided with an anglarly disposed plate,'a U-shaped member adapted for attachmentl to the rim of' a wheel, the said plate bein member, and an adjusting screw carried by the outer the pivotbolt 11 is g formed with ears pivots/; ally connected'to the ends of the1U-shapelggend ofsaidplate and adapted to 110 'engage the rim of a wheel to force .themovablevseotion toward they rigid Section5 for v the purpose specified. l

posed plate, e U-shaped member adapted' to` be secured tov the rim of a, whee1the said'. t

plate being formed on, each side with anV ear, a pivot passing through said ears 'and throulghthe ends dft-he U-shaped member 'and pivotally ,conne'oting .said .member and the said plate, the plate'being formed at its .outer end with a thresided opening, and en adjusting screw Working in said opening and adapted to engage the rim of a Wheel 'to forcethemovable section toward the rigid section, for 'the' purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ax my 'signature in the presence of two witnesses.

v LAWRENCE ALLEN BRADFORD.

Witnesses: l l v 4 Loom F. Lyons,-` J. M. MCINTIRE.

Copies# this patentmay be obtained for ive ce'nts ewlvz,y by aldqressing'the f Gmnmissioner ,of Patents,

' ashington, D. C. 

